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apostle

apos.tle \*-'pa:s-*l\ \-*l-.ship\ n [ME, fr. OF & OE; OF apostle & OE 
   apostol, fr. LL apostolus,]fr. Gk apostolos, fr. apostellein to send away, 
   fr. apo- + stellein to send - more at STALL 1: one sent on a mission : as  
   1a: one of an authoritative New Testament group sent out to preach the gospel
   and made up esp. of Christ's 12 original disciples and Paul 1b: the 
   first prominent Christian missionary to a region or group  2: one who 
   initiates a great moral reform or first advocates any important belief or 
   system 3: the highest ecclesiastical official in some church organizations  
   4: one of a Mormon administrative council of 12 men  - apos.tle.ship n